Some Copyright Problems in scratch-flash fonts

I doubt that it's that serious. Nobody would enforce a DMCA over a font. I'd just be pointless.

You never know, companies will always want to make money.

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Some Copyright Problems in scratch-flash fonts

Well, it's not like the owners of the fonts are gonna turn into Nintendo and DMCA everything, scouring the face of the website (and the internet) clean until there is no trace left?

…right?

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Some Copyright Problems in scratch-flash fonts

apple502j wrote:

myeducate wrote:

Well, Scratch is non profit - so it's fair use.

But some country, including my country, Japan's act doesn't have fair use clause.

Scratch is international,isn't it?

Scratch is not international. It is located in the United States. If Scratch doesn't remove the font because of fair use, the font creator would have to go to the US to make a legal demand, and there is fair use in the US.

Some Copyright Problems in scratch-flash fonts

According to Copyright Act of 1976, 17 U.S.C. § 107, there are 4 factors that determine whether or not the use of a copyrighted work is considered a fair use:①Purpose and character of the use②Nature of the copyrighted work③Amount and substantiality④Effect upon work's valueSince you might not know what each of those means, let me put that into laymens' terms:

① Purpose and character of the use - Essentially, if the copyrighted material is being used commercially (to make profit) or for non-profit educational purposes. In this case, the font is being used for non-profit educational purposes (I hope).② Nature of the copyrighted work - What the original copyrighted work was used for (i.e. a font).③ Amount and substantiality - How much of the copyrighted material is being used. Since there are FIVE (5) potentially copyrighted fonts being used here, in basically original form, this could cause a lot of problems if the creators of the fonts are willing to persue legal action.④ Effect upon work's value - Whether or not the use of copyrighted material will affect the original owner of the material negatively. This was what I was referring to when I was joking about Nintendo's DMCA practices (post #12).

I am not a lawyer, so please take what I have said with a grain of salt.edit: I'm apparently bad at spelling

Last edited by fromax41 (Dec. 31, 2017 22:12:04)

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